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The Constitution of India is a document of aspiration. Conceived as what recent scholarship has called a ā€œbreak from the (colonial) pastā€, it is accepted knowledge now that the Indian Constitution aspired to establish a state that aimed to replace colonial authority with a democratic republic and that aimed a state-led revolution against an oppressive social order.

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In 2019, the Ministry of Home Affairs commissioned the All India Citizens Survey of Police Services (ā€˜AICPSā€™). It is a nationwide public perception survey aimed to suggest measures to ā€˜provide citizen centric police servicesā€™ in India. Its scope includes an assessment of the impact of police services on the public, gauging perceptions of safety and suggestions on measures to improve public satisfaction of the police.